India suffer batting collapse to lose first Test against Australia
Adelaide, Dec 13 (IANS) India suffered a dramatic batting collapse, losing eight wickets in the final session and were bowled out for 315 runs, to lose the first Test against Australia by 48 runs on the fifth and final day at the Adelaide Oval here Saturday. Skipper Virat Kohli (141) scored his second century of the match, again leading the visitors' batting charge. He was given able support by opener Murali Vijay (99). But their good work wasn't complemented by the rest of the team as they succumbed to the guile of off-spinner Nathan Lyon who took seven wickets for 152 runs. Australia had earlier declared their second innings at 290 for five. Scoreboard on the concluding day of the first Test between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval here Saturday. Australia (first Innings): 517/7 declared India (first Innings): 444 all out Australia (second Innings): Chris Rogers c R Sharma b K Sharma 21 David Warner b K Sharma 102 Shane Watson b Mohammed Shami 33 Michael Clarke c Saha b Aaron 7 Steven Smith batting 52 Mitchell Marsh c Vijay b RG Sharma 40 Brad Haddin batting 14 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 9) 21 Total (for five wickets in 69 overs; dec) 290 Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Rogers, 12.1 overs), 2-140 (Watson, 38.5), 3-168 (Clarke, 45.6), 4-213 (Warner, 59.1), 5-266 (Marsh, 64.4) Bowling: Mohammed Shami 11-2-42-1 Ishant Sharma 14-3-41-0 Karn Sharma 16-2-95-2 Murali Vijay 6-0-27-0 Varun Aaron 10-0-43-1 Rohit Sharma 12-2-35-1 India (second innings): Shikhar Dhawan c Haddin b Johnson 9 Murali Vijay batting 85 Cheteshwar Pujara c Haddin b Lyon 21 Virat Kohli c Marsh b Lyon 141 Ajinkya Rahane c Rogers b Lyon 0 Rohit Sharma c Warner b Lyon 6 Wriddhiman Saha b Lyon 13 Karn Sharma not out 4 Mohammed Shami c Johnson b Harris 5 Varun Aaron lbw b Johnson 1 Ishant Sharma st Haddin b Lyon 1 Extras (b 5, lb 8, w 2) 15 Total (all out in 87.1 overs) 315 Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Dhawan, 4.1), 2-57 (Pujara, 19.2), 3-242 (Vijay, 69.1), 4-242 (Rahane, 69.6), 5-277 (RG Sharma, 77.4), 6-299 (Saha, 79.6), 7-304 (Kohli, 81.4), 8-309 (Mohammed Shami, 84.2), 9-314 (Aaron, 86.1), 10-315 (I Sharma, 87.1) Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 16-2-45-2 Ryan Harris 19-6-49-1 Nathan Lyon 34.1-5-152-7 Peter Siddle 9-3-21-0 Shane Watson 2-0-6-0 Steven Smith 3-0-18-0 Mitchell Marsh 4-1-11-0 Match Details: Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Ian Gould (England) Test debut: Karn Sharma (India) TV umpire: Mick Martell Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire: Geoff Joshua